Station supply
Deploy a fleet of Voltara stations across high-footfall locations with a consistent branded experience.
Build with Voltara
Run your own powerbank network.
Launch Voltara in your city, region, venue group, or event portfolio with branded stations, operating guidance, and a proven rental model.
Partner model
Start faster with hardware, software, and playbooks in place.
Network operations
Use monitoring, rental flows, pricing guidance, and support processes designed for shared charging.
Commercial support
Pitch venues with clear benefits, setup options, and a simple path to recurring local revenue.
Choose your path
Two partner routes, depending on how big you want to go.
Use these ranges as planning examples for a Voltara-style launch. Final pricing, station count, territory rights, and commercial terms should be confirmed in your partner agreement.
Network Partner
Build a compact portfolio
Best for side-hustle operators, venue owners, event suppliers, and entrepreneurs who can place stations in strong local locations.
- Suggested start
- 12-25 stations
- Planning investment
- From around £5k-£9k
- Best fit
- Single city, venue group, nightlife cluster, campus, or events portfolio
- Your focus
- Secure venues, place stations, monitor performance, keep relationships warm
Market Operator
Scale a regional network
Best for operators who want territory growth, more hands-on support, larger station deployment, and a serious local charging business.
- Suggested start
- 75-150+ stations
- Planning investment
- From around £25k-£40k+
- Best fit
- Citywide launches, regional hospitality groups, event networks, transport hubs
- Your focus
- Market rollout, local sales, operations, venue density, and growth targets
What the network includes
Hardware, payment flow, and operating support in one package.
Voltara hardware
Deploy branded stations with touchscreen rental flow, integrated card payment, visible lighting, and power banks with cables included.
Partner dashboard
Track station placements, rentals, return behaviour, and performance patterns so you can move underperforming stations and double down on winners.
Payments and pricing
Use local pricing such as 30-minute, hourly, or daily-cap rentals. Strong venues can justify premium pricing because battery anxiety is immediate.
Venue sales material
Use simple talking points around guest experience, staff time saved, dwell time, and low-effort hosting to win venues faster.
Rollout guidance
Start with high-footfall placements, test demand, review usage data, then expand station density around the venues that perform.
Support model
Plan for onboarding, station setup, troubleshooting, software updates, spare parts, and operating guidance as the network grows.
Partner economics
You keep the majority of every rental.
Voltara partners keep 80% of rental revenue. Voltara takes a 20% platform and network cut to support the technology, brand, setup guidance, and ongoing partner infrastructure.
80%
Partner share
The majority of every rental stays with the local partner running and growing the network.
Our share supports the system behind the stations, partner tooling, brand, and network support.
Comparable shared-powerbank networks describe most partner break-even windows around 6-12 months, with premium placements able to pay back faster.
Payback depends on station cost, rental pricing, footfall, venue quality, payment fees, seasonality, and how actively underperforming units are relocated.
Investment and returns
What to budget, how launch works, and when payback can happen.
Revenue depends on station cost, local pricing, venue quality, usage, payment fees, partner terms, and how actively you manage placements. Treat the numbers below as a planning guide, not a guarantee.
Station purchase is the main upfront cost.
Most shared-powerbank models are funded by buying stations first. You should also keep a launch budget for signage, transport, occasional replacements, and local marketing.
Strong placements can repay faster.
Healthy venues may reach payback within 6-12 months. Exceptional sites can be quicker; weaker sites can take longer or need relocation.
Keep costs light and measurable.
Plan for payment processing, SIM/connectivity, platform/support fees if applicable, local sales time, and maintenance. Power consumption is typically low for this category.
Launch timeline
From first call to live stations.
Apply and qualify
We confirm the launch area, partner fit, station count, company details, and your access to high-quality venue opportunities.
Agree the rollout
Choose the partner route, budget, pricing assumptions, operating plan, and the first venues to target.
Prepare stations
Stations are ordered, configured, branded, and prepared with the rental/payment flow needed for launch.
Install and earn
Place stations in the first venues, monitor early usage, improve placement, and start expanding into similar locations.
Partner detail pages
The questions every serious partner asks.
Why choose Voltara instead of building your own system?
Building from scratch means sourcing hardware, developing software, handling payments, designing the rental flow, supporting users, managing firmware, and proving venue demand. Voltara gives partners a ready-to-launch structure so their energy goes into placement, sales, and growth.
What kind of venues should I target first?
Start where people stay long enough to need extra battery and where phones are essential: nightclubs, bars, hotels, festivals, casinos, arenas, universities, malls, gyms, and tourist-heavy locations. Avoid low-dwell spaces until you have stronger data.
How do partners make money?
Partners earn from paid rentals. The strongest results usually come from dense clusters of good venues, clear pricing, strong visibility, and quick relocation when a station is not performing.
Do venues need a revenue share?
Not always. Many venues value the guest experience and staff time saved. For premium or competitive locations, a small venue incentive can help secure placement if the expected usage supports it.
What mistakes should new partners avoid?
Do not buy for low-traffic locations, hide stations away from the main flow, ignore rental data, or wait too long to move weak placements. The network improves when you treat every station as a measurable asset.
Can I run this alongside another business?
Yes, especially at Network Partner scale. The most time-intensive parts are venue sales, launch setup, and the first round of optimisation. Once stations are live, most work becomes monitoring, support, and relationship management.
Partner signup
Apply to run a Voltara network.
Share where you want to launch and the kind of sites you can access.